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PINNED Respect $HOME/.config/go/env
After adding eval $(/path/to/goz-env) in .profile, each time I log in to OMVS, I get 3 or 4 lines about $COMPILER_PATH. Can you add config to turn this off, please? Second, even if I have $HOME/.config/go/env (per XDG spec), go env says that `go` ...
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Local record definitions

It would be nice if it was possible to define records locally within a program and even within a function. Then the programmer wouldn't have to think about making the record names unique when defining a record which is not meant to be used outside...
about 14 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Not under consideration

Add controll to display +EQA9999W messages for TCPIP errors

With the ability to start DT through modified CEE modules containing the DT LE exits the possibility for EQA9999W message increases drastically. Not every developer set TEST to NOTEST in his userid.DBGTOOL.EQAOPTS ds. This can lead to a flooding o...
over 10 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Find Unreachable Variables using RDz

Enhance RDz to find dead or unreachable variables in a COBOL or PL/I file. Usually when I get asked this question, I reply with the ?identify unreachable code' option available in COBOL and hopefully soon in PL/I, but that doesn't get very far. Wh...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Allow server.xml deployment in CICS bundles

Since TS 5.2 CICS has allowed jvm servers to be packages and deployed via bundle, along with its associated jvmprofile. For Liberty profile jvmservers, this support should be extended to likewise permit deployment of the associated server.xml file.
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Ability to translate runtime messages

Since we do our business in dutch-speaking areas, we'd like to translate the strings already contained in te product (runtime messages). For instance error messages, show to the user.
about 14 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Not under consideration

Generic types and parameters of type any

Parameters of type "any" should have methods returning the type, basic type, length and decimals. Example:x num(10,2);foo(x);.. function foo(p any) writeStdOut(p.type()); writeStdOut(p.basicType()); writeStdOut(p.length()); writeStdOut(p.decimals(...
about 14 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 2 Not under consideration

IMS

We are running online image copy using DFSUICC0 utilitySometimes we can have up to 50 image copy jobs running in parallelWhen too many jobs are running in parallel, we get rid of CSA because DFSUICC0 is running in 24 bit mode Would it be possible ...
about 7 years ago in IMS Database Manager / DLI 2 Not under consideration

Customer would need the CPU Time spent for DLI activity to be separately accounted

Customer would need to have separately accounted in TYPE56FA TLS Accounting Log Record the CPU Time spent for DL/I activity.Currently TPEXTIME field contains the cumulative CPU Time spent for the comprehensive Transaction processing.For a Customer...
about 7 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

ICH408I in the SPOC job instead of in the IMSOM started task

Security exceptions for SPOC should appear as close to the action that caused the exception as possible. For example, a batch job with PGM=CSLUSPOC should include the ICH408I message in the batch job.
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / Common Service Layer 1 Not under consideration

Don't report all the Storage Group and all the volumes with VTOC Index Disable

when there are some volumes under different Storage Group have VTOC Index Disable problem,it donn't provide any attribute group or attribute items that could report all the Storage Group and all the volumes through EIF.
about 7 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS / Product functionality 0 Functionality already exists

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